Where does “oxeherde” come from?

oxeherde (Middle English) comes from Old English oxanhierde, from Old English hierde, from Proto-West Germanic hirdī, from Proto-Germanic hirdijaz, from Proto-Germanic herdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

oxeherde (Middle English): oxherd

Definitions

  1. oxherd

Ancestry of “oxeherde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishoxanhierdeoxherd
2Old Englishhierdeherdsman; guardian, keeper, protector
3Proto-West Germanichirdīherdsman, herder
4Proto-Germanichirdijazherder, herdsman
5Proto-Germanicherdōherd
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

Words derived from “oxeherde”

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